A/N: I would like to thank Edgy Wedgy for helping me out with this chap.  And all you reviewers.  You all rock.  Especially all those wonderful AFI fans out there!  All those who have never heard of AFI should go to www.afireinside.net and listen to their music!  The song Estel sings is "Bleed Black" by AFI.

Parry.  Thrust.  Block.  Duck.  Parry.  Swing.  Slash.  Estel ducked away from the falling body.  He was starting to get the hang of this.  He'd managed to halve the group of Dunlendings that was assailing him.  But he was tiring.  And he had been inflicted with as many wounds as he had delivered.  He couldn't continue with this.  He swung his sword fiercely and leapt through the opening he had created.  He back flipped ad hid behind a rock.  The Dunlendings looked around, confused.  Estel couldn't believe his luck.  Somehow they couldn't see him!  One looked around and cursed.  A fight broke out between a few.  But one thing slowly dawned on Estel.  They were not going to move any time soon.  Estel cursed violently and prepared himself for a long wait.

            Estel shifted as silently as he could.  His left foot had gone to sleep.  It was now night and the rain was still pouring down.  Estel was freezing.  The Dunlendings were now discussing something which sounded important.  Estel had given up trying to understand what they were saying a few hours ago.  He was bored.  Bored, bored, bored.  Absentmindedly, he began to sing softly to himself.

"If you listen, listen listen, listen close, beat by beat, you can hear when the heart stops, I saved the pieces, when it broke, and ground them all to dust.."

A head up.  Estel realised he hadn't been singing as softly as he thought. 

"What did you say?"  one of them asked.  Another Dunlending looked up at him.

"I didn't say anything."

"I swear I heard you say something."

"Well it wasn't me."

"Or me," another added.

Silence.  Estel grasped onto his ankles in apprehension. 

"Do you think…?"

No, begged Estel.  Please don't.

"It's, you know, telepathy or whatever?"

"What?"

"Maybe Sauron is trying to communicate with us…"

Estel suddenly had an idea.  He picked up a rock and threw it.  He heard a thunk, followed by a shout.

"OUCH!"

"What?"

"I got hit by something!"

"I told you.  It's Sauron trying to communicate with us!"

"You fool!  As if!"

Estel silently cheered, before tossing another rock.

"Ow!"

"You got hit too, huh? Sauron's getting angry at us for tarrying.  We ought to go."

"I don't think so.  Why would Sauron throw stuff at us?"

"Because wants us to go!"

"Oh sure….and he want us to pick up a carton of milk on the way home as well!"

Estel threw another rock.

"Ow!"

"Sauron didn't like you badmouthing him!"

The other Dunlending sighed. 

"Ok, fine, we'll go.  If that's what our wonderful lord wants…"

He ordered the group to pack up and leave.  Estel danced as best as he could whilst lying behind a rock.  His plan had worked!  He watched as the group began to leave.

"Well, well, well, what's this?"

Estel spun around and was confronted by the hideous face of one of the Dunlendings.

"Been having a bit of fun, have we?"

He whistled.

"I found our little runaway!"

A few, large Dunlendings began to approach.

Estel reached for his sword, only to discover that he had dropped it when he had run away from the fight.  He frantically searched for something, anything, with which he could defend himself.  Reaching into his pockets, he found his AFI ticket, souvenir matches and…..souvenir fireworks!  Estel grinned.  Finally his luck had changed!  He lit the fireworks and threw them at the advancing orcs.  They exploded, sending chunks of man-flesh flying everywhere.  Estel jumped up and ran off in a randomn direction as fast as he could. 

            Hunter's hand slowly slid up Arwen's shirt and gently stroked her breast.  She smiled and, leaning over, kissed him long and slow.    He slowly pulled her shirt up and over her head.  Suddenly the door slammed open.

"Estel!" Arwen exclaimed and yanked her shirt back down.  "What are you doing here?!"

He tried to stager over to her, but collapsed on the ground.  She ran to him and noticed his blood-soaked clothing for the first time.

"Sweet Eru!" she gasped.  "What happened?!"

"I came to rescue you," he managed to gasp. 

"You came all the way from Rivendell just to rescue me?" Arwen asked, tears springing to her eyes.  "That's so sweet!"  She hugged him tightly.  Estel lay motionless in her arms.

Wish Estel would come all the way from Rivendell to rescue me!